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from: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 054573.ece
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Jamaican Newton Marshall looking for dog-sled glory in Iditarod
MARCH 9, 2010 - "This year, a Jamaican is vying to become the first black musher to complete the annual contest. Newton Marshall, 27, a former horseback tour guide, is the latest winter-sports hero to emerge from the Caribbean island, which sent a skier to last month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver."
"Jamaica has had a long and distinguished history in sports, and it is heartening that a new ambassador has emerged in a non-traditional sport," said John Lynch, director of tourism. “Jamaicans at home and abroad will be ‘Rootin for Newton’ as he seeks to place Jamaica’s name in yet another chapter in sporting history."
"...Jimmy Buffett, the Margaritaville singer-songwriter... now sponsors the team."
"I just love the whole idea of it," Buffett said. "I love the absurdity that, when we first did this, people laughed and thought it was a joke — and guess what? It isn’t."
Newton Marshall acknowledges fans at the beginning of the Iditarod
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